Christoph Dorn, author of the FirePHP tool for interfacing your PHP applications directly with Firebug, has written up a guide to help you get started using the latest version in five easy steps.

Get started with FirePHP 1.0 in 5 steps. Why upgrade? Check out the new features.

The steps are simple (it's a pretty easy tool to use):

• Install the FirePHP Companion
• Install FirePHP
• Use the sample code to include in an application
• Authorize the client
• Log a test message (code snippet included)

You can find out more about the FirePHP project on the project's site.